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Canadian Sport/Athletes

Milos Raonic had another solid effort in the Italian Open this week in a semi-final loss to the eventual tournament champion, Novak Djokovic. He still remains ranked in the top 10 in the ATP Men's Tour. On the doubles side, Canadian Daniel Nestor and his Serbian teammate won the Men's Doubles trophy.

On the links, the resurgent Canadian Mike Weir regained his old ball striking and putting form finishing 2nd in the Byron Nelson Championship. Weir had the lead temporarily during the final round, when a two shot swing occurred with eventual winner Brendon Todd. Graham DeLeat also had a top 10 finish. Can't remember the last time there were 2 Canadians in the top 10 in the same PGA event, if ever.

And Canada's James Hinchcliffe will start from the second spot in next week's Indy 500 after narrowly missing the pole position time in qualifying.

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Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has won her first WTA title today in Nuremburg. Not sure how many top seeded players were in the tournament, but this is a huge accomplishment either way. Good timing going into the French Open.

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Originally Posted by Section N

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard has won her first WTA title today in Nuremburg. Not sure how many top seeded players were in the tournament, but this is a huge accomplishment either way. Good timing going into the French Open.

I'll be in NY during the US Open. It'd be awesome to watch her in person so I'm going to have to find a way to get tickets to do that.

Maybe Raonic as well.

"No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you." - Bo Burnham

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Originally Posted by Section N

That is a bucket list sporting event for me. Flushing would be a great place to watch a match. Jealous.

No kidding. That's awesome, boss.

If you're there for the early rounds you might get lucky as I doubt Raonic and Genie will be on the marquee courts at that point...so you might be able to just get a general admission pass and find them on one of the side courts.

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Originally Posted by gizmo fan 2

No kidding. That's awesome, boss.

If you're there for the early rounds you might get lucky as I doubt Raonic and Genie will be on the marquee courts at that point...so you might be able to just get a general admission pass and find them on one of the side courts.

Yeah, I'm there for the first week of action and since neither of them would be a big draw like the favorites are, it should work out well.

"No one entertains the thought that maybe God does not believe in you." - Bo Burnham

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I don't know who is running things over at Tennis Canada, but they deserve some big time recognition for making Canada relevant in tennis. Think about that, Canada is somehow relevant in tennis. It's incredible. We have two people in the QFs at a major, the men went to the Davis Cup semi's and the women qualified for the Fed Cup.

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Milos bows out in straight sets to the Joker. He's right there it seems, and then he seems to get quite dejected after getting down, especially 2-0. Once he finds that extra gear and will to keep fighting he'll get through one of those top seeds. It's only a matter of time.

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Originally Posted by Section N

Milos bows out in straight sets to the Joker. He's right there it seems, and then he seems to get quite dejected after getting down, especially 2-0. Once he finds that extra gear and will to keep fighting he'll get through one of those top seeds. It's only a matter of time.

Still, a great showing on the big stage.

It's like heneeds a better coach. His serve is a cannon, but the rest of his game is flaky. More unforced errors than anyone I've ever seen.

"Of all the so-called virtues, the most over-rated is faith" - Christopher Hitchens

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Originally Posted by Angelus

Okay but he just lost in the Quarters to the world's best player. I wouldn't rag on him for that.

No, but he's not going to win one of those majors until he stops whacking the ball into the net or wide. He may have reached the quarters, but he came within a hair of losing to a player ranked #29 the round before.

"Of all the so-called virtues, the most over-rated is faith" - Christopher Hitchens

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Originally Posted by Deathsdoorstep

It's like heneeds a better coach. His serve is a cannon, but the rest of his game is flaky. More unforced errors than anyone I've ever seen.

There us still a lit to improve but he's actually really improved the rest of his game (ie other than serve) & his movement. The difference from last year's hardcourt season to now is very obvious. This was extra impressive given that clay is not his natural or preferred surface. I think the improvements are due to his coaching changes over the last year or so.

AND although he lost in straight sets, 1 was a tiebreak & the other 2 were essentially 1 service break each (traded in 3rd). That's pretty darn good vs Djokovic.